Apparatus



(No Model.)

W. H. KELLY.

LAWN POOL- APPARATUS. No. 278,341. Patented May 29,1883.

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1, WILLIAM H. KELLY, a United States, residing at New the county of New York and State of ork, have in vented certaiunew and use- 1 Improvements in Lawn-Pool Apparatus; and Ido hereby declare thefollo win g to beafull,

clear,- and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to. the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked th ereon, which form a part of this specification. I

My invention relates to. games; audit consists in the construction and arrangement of wickets of different sizes, around which is made to pass in a novel manner a belt or strip of leather, canvas, rubber, or other suitable material, thereby forming pockets and cushions, which, in combination with mallets-such as those used in the game of croquetL-and a suflicient number of balls made of wood, rubber, or other resilient material, form an apparatus with which a game similar to that known as fifteen-ball pool can be played upon the lawn or on the floor of a room.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ground-pool apparatus, showing the balls scattered on the ground or floor after a bu'rst. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the improved apparatus by which is formed a pocket.

. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of one the pocket.

section cut through one of the pockets, and

of the wickets, showing the method of attaching the wickets to the floor. Fig.4 is a perspective view of one of the wickets forming Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse Fig. 6 is a detailed view of an end of one of the wickets constructedto be fastened directly to the floor.

Wickets B, of staple form and of comparatively small span, are stuck in the ground or fastened to the floor of a room, and occupy positions in relation to each other corresponding to those occupied by the jaws or pockets found upon the well-known fifteen-ball-pool table. Wickets C, of a larger span, are located outside of wickets B in such a manner as to "form a frame-work for the back of the pockets D. A light outwardly-swinging gate, E, is

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of Letters Patent No. 278,341, dated May 29, 1883. Application filed April14, recs. (No model.)

swung from the top of the wicket B, and is prevented from swinging inwardly by the cross-piece e, rigidly attached to the wicket. This gate prevents the ball from bounding out of the pocket after havin g once passed therein, as shown in Fig. 5. One end ofa leather, canvas, or other strip, A, is passed under or inside of the inner or smaller wicket, B, then around or outside of larger or outer wicket, C, then back through or inside of wicket B, thus forming apocket, D, as shown in Fig. 2. The strip end is then carried to the next adjacent wickets B and O, and passed under and around them, respectively, in the manner above described, this being repeated until the six pockets and side rails are formed,as shown in Fig. 1, the continuous strip forming the cushions or rails. then bejeonnected by strings,buckles, or other equivalent device, or one end may be secured 'to a leg of one of the wickets and the other made fast to a drum, as shown in dotted lines at D in Fig. 1. By this method of fastening, all looseness may at any time be taken up and the belt'made taut. 1

When the ground pool is to be played indoors, socketsE' screwed or otherwise fastened to the floor, form seats for the reception of the ends of the wickets, as shown in Fig. 3. The wickets may be screwed or otherwise fastened directly to the floor without the interposition of sockets, as shown in Fig. 4. The balls a may be plain or may be numbered from one to fifteen, and vary in color in the usual wellknown way. The object-ball a, driven by the mallet b in the hand of the player, is made to strike any one of the fifteen balls or in'such a manner as to drive them into any one of the pockets. 4

It is obvious that any number of pockets, or any number of balls, or any variation of the rules regulating the game of fifteen-ball pool may be used without changing the nature of my invention. 7

I am aware that wickets have heretofore been used through which balls have been made to pass, and that guiding or bounding rails have also been used in short sections. These I do not broadly claim; but i What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The wickets B and O, in combination 7 with a continuous belt or strip, A, for the purposes of a game.

2. The ground-pool pocket D, formed by the passage of the end of a continuous strip, A, under the wicket B, around or outside of wicket G, and back under wicket B, substantially as described.

3. In combination with wickets B and G and cushion-strip A, the strip-tightening mechanism D, substantially as described.

4. In combination with stripA and wickets B and G, the sockets E,whereby the apparatus may be attached to the'floor of a room, in the manner described.

I 75. The apparatus for playing the game of 15 ground-pool; the material parts of which consist in the wickets B and C, strlp A, balls a, v

object-ball a, and mallet 11, substantially as for the )urposes set forth.

e com bination with wickets B and O 20 and iy A, the outwardly-swinging gate t1"-l-ly;. as described. In tes ereofil affix my signatureln presence 0 he 

